Scratch

JasonVoorhees wrote:

IS THERE A WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP commenting on projects but let certain people comment?

Not exactly...but you can add people that are annoying you to your Ignore list.  Then their comments won't appear.

Shall I be on a patrol for violent Scratch programs and so they deserve to be removed? (By the way, I think Naruto Christmas Special I think is only just okay; mild violence and blood and bad language should be accepted)

Scratch has gotten many visitors of young kids lately so it will be good if we take off games with alot of violence to some extent.

Even if you use subsitutes for the bad words you are trying to say people will understand them and say them more often (Which is not good!)

At TheoMarr: You need not post multiple times; if your post was the last, you need only to edit the last post and add your changes.    Also, I would suggest you keep the names of projects you have flagged to yourself (I don't think you want to start a flame war between you and the project owner).

Last edited by cheddargirl (2009-04-20 23:51:15)

something offtopic, but it can help a lot.
I tried to copy Scratch Web Player and i've done a good job. That's what you have to do:
1. Download the Starter Package (Simpliest HTML with applet embedded + Web Player incl. Soundbank + sample project) from here > http://rapidshare.com/files/226850287/S … e.zip.html
2. Edit the code of index.htm to create the thing you need
3. Tell students to save their projects to /projects dir in folder where you place index.htm, /applet and /projects
You can avoid downloading applet from the MIT server using this method, so you'll save the bandwidth (we all know the bandwidth isn't unlimited).

It's ok now

Yes, alright, I've now deleted all of those comments if you noticed. You do not need to explain about the "Posting multiple times" problem anymore because I understand

I recommend putting it actually IN the project, cause people don't always read the project notes

Well, there's a fine line between unacceptable an acceptable. In my opinion, Christmas Special is acceptable, and is rather poorly drawn, almost to a humorous effect. All that aside, I beleive we should instate the TIGRS ratings. They're royalty-free and easy to understand. Oh, and this is my first post ^^;;...

a fight with swords being innapropriate? even if it's really mild? I think that's just dumb. If a kid's parent is way too strict on violence, then screw them.

rico wrote:

I have been using and promoting Scratch as a way to introduce students in grades 3 through 5. We have enjoyed what we've done very much, and the students and I have learned a lot with lots more to learn. We've always had these rules: #1. No human victims, #2. Nothing violent. And now my students have shown me Scratch programs like this one:

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/Comcastc99/71491

Can anything be done to clean up Scratch, or should I abandon its use at our school and block the site? If I'm the only one who thinks this type of violence is inappropriate then that's what I'll have to do. It's been fun while it lasted, however. I've got students watching the Naruto Christmas Special over and over again.

Nothing violent? That's just a bit unfair. Shouldn't it be something like no excessive, limb-removing bloody violence or something. I am under 15 years old and think absolutely no violence really restricts creations to very basic games (no enemies, no traps, no bombs, no weapons all pretty much lead to a boring creation). Maybe no blood, but no violence is just...(haha i don't believe I'm saying this...)wrong...
Ok that sounded weird. But anyway, please think about the violence thing.

scratchcritic564 wrote:

big-bang wrote:

PokemonMaster64 wrote:

If you have those three rules, I would suggest banning computers and internet altogether. We all try to hide from these things, but you can't be young and innocent forever... violence... is something we can't hide from. I don't get what you mean by no human victims. Killing aliens is still violent. Also, mindless? Isn't it OK to be a little crazy sometimes? Also, you never mentioned blood. Blood does not always go along with violence. There could be a project with someone who os injured in it. That could have blood too. You would have to live in a box to live by rules that are that strict!
[blocks]<stop all>[/blocks] contact with computers if you want to keep those rules!

I agree. Sword fighting games? Those are... unrealistic... and lego.com tries to be appropriate. And (random) example: Goomba stomping - try doing that, you'll pull a leg muscle. Sometimes, "Cartoon Violence" is to keep people from really doing violence. But games without blood are scary to - one of the Resident Evil designers says that he makes gory games because otherwise, a guy getting sliced in half and not bleeding could lead to a misconception that doing an unspeakable act will not cause much pain. There's no perfect way out, unfortunately.

I agree. no offesnse, rico, but you obviously have problems, if you have to ban a site because of a few games with cartoon violence. as i've noticed, adults are always overprotective when it comes to violence. seriously, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is very non-violent, but somehow it got rated teen. and on scratch, blood is basicly nothing more than red stuff created in the paint editor.

i COMPLETELY agree. SSBB has no blood, no cuts, when you hit someone they fall backwards; or fall of the screen.  that Specific progect was bloody, But Kids aren't kids forever, Are they? They grow into teens, and then adults. They need to start handling things like this.